Optima Musica Dei Donum

A hopefully reasonable, literate and charitable place for Catholic musicians and others involved in the Church's liturgical practices to exchange and share personal perspectives of liturgical philosophy, law, and performance. And the occasional left turn might pop up in the headlights.

Thursday, July 07, 2016

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They Paved Paradise, but Look at This Beautiful Parking Lot! This is the second part of an examination (fisking, actually) of an article...

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Tuesday, July 05, 2016

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It's My Birthday and I'll Ply if I Want to- Part the First After forty-five years in the biz (so to speak), I believe there’s on...

Monday, June 27, 2016

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Reviewing Hymnals, One Version T here has been much discussion in various internet forums of late regarding aspects of the publication an...

Thursday, June 11, 2015

What exactly is it that we want?

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Initially I intended to frame this article from the perspective of “being in the twilight” of my career as a church musician. Typically myop...

Friday, September 05, 2014

The A Team

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This is a list of hymns and songs culled from a spreadsheet I made years ago from OCP. This is in response to a Chant Cafe post by Kathleen ...

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Mr. C: Charles Culbreth, parish music director, has been involved in Roman Catholic music ministry professionally since 1970. He and his wife Wendy have served the communities of the newly formed Catholic Church of Visalia (St. Mary's, Holy Family, St. Thomas parishes) since 1991. Prior to that he served as DM at the Cathedral of Sts. John the Baptist and Divine in Fresno, CA. Charles completed both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in the California State University system, his masters degree in Choral Music Conducting and Church Music. He retired as choral instructor at Redwood High School in Visalia and accepted the post of Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Mary's. Charles was a member of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians from 1979 to 2001 and a member and officer of the regional division of the American Choral Directors Association. He joined the Church Music Association in 2007. Charles received recognition from his beloved Holy Father Benedict XVI, the Benemerenti Award in May of 2011.

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